In this morning's gospel, Jesus tells the parable of the dishonest steward. The steward, knowing he was about to lose his job, forgave some of the debts of his master. Pastor Jonathan explains that by extending this grace to those who owed debts to his master, the steward not only made life better for them, but he awakened the same grace from the master. The stweard in this parable can be interpreted to be Christ himself, extending grace to us and advocating for us with God. In the same way, we can extend grace and forgiveness to others, and advocate for them in today's contentious world.